Wake Me Up: Morning Positivity - Shadow Work Guided Meditation for Inner Healing

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

In this calming guided meditation, meet your shadow self and work with them to heal yourself. Meditation is a profound and powerful way to access your subconscious mind and heal internal wounds. Meet your shadow, ask them questions that will show you what's causing internal conflicts, and understand ways to heal those pains. This meditation is a powerful exercise to better understand and integrate with your shadow self. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful :) #shadowwork #shadowself #meditation   About Wake Me Up Wake Me Up is the # 1 guided morning routine podcast. Our guided morning wake ups offer affirmations, mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and motivation specifically designed to help you get out of bed and start your day with a positive mindset. Stop pressing the snooze button all morning long, and turn on an episode of Wake Me Up instead. You will be happier and more successful at everything in life because of it! Try out our different kinds of episodes to see what you like. And add it into your morning routine every day. Each day, you will be happier than the day before :)   Listen to my Spotify playlists to keep the good vibes going this morning: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6nSXshDBPub8iigdyQJlWN?si=207f42f85dbc4b97⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Want to be more focused? Wish distractions would just melt away? Sign up for the WMU Focus Course! If you're interested in joining, all you need to do is sign up for the course here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wakemeuppod.gumroad.com/l/focus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get ad-free access to the entire WMU catalog + bonus content + 25% discount on WMU courses by joining the WMU Premium Feed. Sign up and start your 7-day free trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wakemeup.supercast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podchaser⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Say hi or request an episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.wakemeuppodcast.com/contact⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. See visual guides for the yoga and stretches in WMU episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.wakemeuppodcast.com/stretches⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. **Only partake in the physical movements suggested in Wake Me Up episodes if you are physically able and in safe surroundings. All movements are done at the individual's own risk. Be safe, and always consult a doctor if you have any questions or concerns.** Have a wonderful day 😃 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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we can better understand and integrate ourselves, furthering us along the journey to unconditional self-love. So find a comfortable space where you can relax and enjoy this meditation. Settle into any position that feels comfortable and sustainable for you. And once you've found that position, just take a nice deep breath in, fill all the way up, and then exhale, release, and just go ahead and gently close your eyes. And for this first moment of meditation, you can simply allow yourself to settle in, bit by bit, breath by breath, moment by moment.

There's nothing you need to do. There's nothing you need to try. There's no way you can do this right or wrong. Simply by being here and taking this time, you're already succeeding. So just let go of any stress or tension or wandering thoughts that you're holding on to. Allow everything in your body to relax. So soften your face. relax your jaw and release your shoulders down.

Now we all have a shadow within us. It's that part of our being that we often try to hide. We try to keep secret and hidden from others. What's difficult about the shadow is that it is still a part of us to acknowledge it. By working with our shadow, rather than trying to hide it and shove it away, we're able to be more freely ourselves. We can live with less internal conflict,

meaning we can be happier and more fulfilled. Now the shadow resides in the deepest, darkest corner of the mind. To get there, we have to leave the top floor of the mind. And that's the part that's conscious. It's seeing, hearing, talking, making decisions in the moment. We have to leave that part of the mind. And go all the way down to the basement where thoughts are slower, deeper, and more subconscious. We simply ride the elevator of your brain.

And it's easy to do. You can just relax right here in no rush to get there. Just imagining that there's an elevator in your mind. And slowly, slowly, with each breath, descending one floor and the next. And with each passing floor, you sink just that bit deeper into your mind. because the elevator's going down after all. Who knows how many floors there might be in your brain? It's a bit of a wonder.

And as you descend floor by floor, you notice that the activity of your brain becomes less and less. Floor down is softer and quieter. And that's not to say it's a perfectly smooth transition from the hustle and bustle on the top floors. to the steady hum and chum of the middle floors, down to the slow of the bottom floors.

Although, perhaps it may be that way too. But there may also be floors somewhere along the way, where your thoughts start to chime up again. And that's just fine, because as the time slowly passes, and the elevator of your mind slowly winds down, So too do you relax even deeper. Your breaths now in time with the passing of the floors.

Ever so slowly making your way into that place of complete calm where you've let go of what's happening around you and softened into a state of peace. Now you begin to feel the elevator of your mind. slowing down, the pace of the floors passing by comes to a halt as you reach the final lowest floor. And here the elevator stops and the doors open, revealing the basement, the subconscious level of your mind. soft, ambient light seems to illuminate the area as a lilting haze floats through the air. You've reached the deepest levels of your own mind, where your active body and mind are

completely turned off. Deepest undercurrents of your mind can be found. You step out of the elevator and look around. What do you notice? As you take a few, steps in and through the space. You see a version of you sitting over there in the corner. So you walk closer to your shadow. It's made up of the parts of your personality, emotions, and experiences that you've hidden from the world. The parts of you that might be hard to accept. Notice how this version of you appears in your imagination. How does it move? How does it look? There's no right or wrong answer. Simply observe where your mind takes you. And as you move closer to your shadow self, it looks up and you invite it to come sit next to you as it does

what it wants to share with you today. Listen carefully to its response. Just let it talk and notice the emotions that it brings up, memories and images that come to mind. Whatever arises to simply be there. Without judging it, your shadow is safe with you. You are here to understand and integrate this part of yourself. And you might ask your shadow, what are you here to teach me? What am I missing that's hurting you? And again, just listen to its answer with curiosity and compassion.

And your shadow may reveal some deep-seated emotions, gotten dreams, promises to yourself that you've broken, aspects of your personality that you've shoved away, maybe even a hidden talent or two. And if your shadow self has brought up any specific memory, or emotions. Be sure to acknowledge them. You may feel an urge arising to avoid a certain train of thought. And that's okay. Don't run away from it.

Parts of you are deserving of love and acceptance. So next, ask your shadow self, what do you need for me to heal? You might ask for understanding forgiveness, or simply acknowledgement. Maybe it just doesn't want to be left out when all of the other parts of you are brought together. Whatever it needs,

offer compassion, understanding, and love. And try to work with your shadow to find a solution that will make it happy, while also not neglect, or forgetting the other important parts of you. What's the compromise? Make every part of you satisfied and happy, working together to be the best version of you,

to your shadow self, and give them a hug that you don't want them to be hiding. You want them to take part in your life. And just notice how your shadow reacts to that. allow this process of healing, discussion, and compromise with your shadow to unfold naturally. There's no rush. You have plenty of time here, all parts of you, to say what they need to say and play their role in bringing forth the complete best version of you.

Your role here is to help negotiate. and find compromise between all of these different parts of you. There is a way for them to coexist. And maybe you'll find that compromise here, now, today. Maybe you won't. And that's okay too. In life, the answers tend to reveal themselves when we're ready for them. So wherever you are in this process of negotiation, understanding,

and compromise with your shadow. Simply thank your shadow self for sharing, for showing up. Express gratitude for its willingness to come forward and help you on this journey, that you are committed to integrating its lessons, its needs, and healing together.

Invite your shadow self to come out of their home here in your subconscious. They don't need to live all the way down here all the time. Show them the way to the elevator of your mind and ask them to step into it with you as you ride all the way back up to your conscious mind.

Together you step back into that elevator and slowly but surely begin to make your way back up through all of those floors of your own. mind, all of those different levels of thought and consciousness, breath by breath, floor by floor, steadily making your way all the way back up to the conscious, active mind, beginning to hear the hum and chum of your mental activity, beginning to notice the sensations of your body, the feeling of the chair or whatever else is beneath you, sense of the air, of the air,

moving across your skin and the sounds of anything else going on around you in the room. And as you begin to reach those top floors of your mind, the conscious thinking and acting floors of your mind, you can begin to reorient yourself, taking one final deep breath, the deepest one you've taken yet, holding at the top, releasing all of that air. And as you're ready, gathering yourself, bringing some gentle movement back to the body, and then opening the eyes and coming out of that meditation. My friend, I really hope that you enjoyed this shadow work meditation and that you're feeling more connected to all of the parts of you. Working on understanding all of these different aspects and roles within ourselves is so critical.

And what I said during the meditation is absolutely true. It's your job to negotiate and compromise between all of these different parts of you. Because inevitably, you're going to have internal conflicts. You're going to want to do one thing. But know that it's best for you to withhold that or do something else. And it's up to you to negotiate that compromise. The more you spend time with your shadow and understand it, the better you'll be able to find solutions that work for you.

The more whole and the more self-acceptance you'll feel. So I encourage you to come back here and have more conversations with your shadow. But that's all for now. Thanks so much for tuning in, and I hope to see you back here soon.